The Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (CMAN) says estimated supply of 17 million metric tonnes of local production of cement is achievable in 2011. The executive secretary of CMAN, James Salako, said in Lagos that this was part of the manufacturers’ efforts to guarantee self sufficiency in the local demand of cement. He said that new cement plants with combined…
Only two small scale enterprises in Bauchi State have met the CBN guidelines for its intervention loans to operators in the sector, an official has said. The chairman of the National Association of Small Scale Industries, Tijjani Jallaba, on Thursday, named the two enterprises as Gambo Marafa and Baba Buba, adding that Fatima Idris Enterprises was in the final stage…
The Ebonyi State commissioner for agriculture and natural resources, Emmanuel Echiegu, has urged donor agencies to focus attention on programmes that directly address the needs of farmers. Mr. Echiegu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki on Wednesday. “Most of the funds approved by these agencies for agricultural endeavours are channeled into administration,…
Charles Okah and three others who are standing trial for last year’s Independence Day bomb blast in Abuja which killed at least 12 people, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that it has no jurisdiction to try them over the offence. At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday, counsel to Mr Okah, Ogheneovo Otemu, told the court,…
Nigeria’s “big brother” role in Africa could be meaningful in Cote d’Ivoire if other countries in the West Africa sub region agree to jointly contribute soldiers who will use legitimate force to edge out defeated president, Laurent Gbagbo, than fighting the political logjam in that country alone. This is the position of former military administrator of Edo and Delta States,…
A Bauchi State High Court has restrained the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Halliru Dauda Jika, from performing the functions of the office and parading himself as the Speaker. The court, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Zango, granted the order in a suit filed by Abubakar Ahmed Faggo, a former Speaker of the House. It also ordered…
Stella Abulu, 2008 Face of Edo beauty pageant winner, speaks about her project and being the baby mama to popular comedian, I Go Dye’s . How does it feel being a beauty queen? There is no special feeling to being a queen because everybody is born beautiful. It depends on how you portray your beauty from the inside and outside.…
In the 80s through early 90s a lot of syndicated foreign programmes ran on our national television which will later help to build the standards of indigenous programs. The telenovelas from Mexico and Spain helped groom our own television soap operas which in turn had a trickledown effect on our movie industry. Same can also be said for lots of…
Movie title-’Omo Ghetto’ Written/Produced by Funke Akindele Director-Abiodun Olarenwaju(Abbey Lanre) Starring Rachel Oniga, Taiwo Hassan, Yinka Quadri, Eniola Badmus, Ronke Ojo and many more Funke Akindele has succeeded in producing a movie which may well rival her previous hit,‘Jennifa’. Since its release late last year, ‘Omo Ghetto’ has become one of the most sought after movies and has found an…
More cocoa beans are being smuggled from Ivory Coast to Ghana, farmers told Reuters on Thursday, as exporters halt shipments from the world’s top grower and global prices hit a one-year high. Top exporters are complying with presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara’s call for a ban on exports, in a bid to starve incumbent Laurent Gbagbo of revenues. Mr. Gbagbo has…
Cameroon awarded a diamond mining licence to South Korea’s CK Mining, requiring the company to begin development of its Mobilong concession within a year, according to state television on Thursday. The Mobilong concession has probable reserves of 736 million carats of gem quality and industrial diamonds that could make the Central African state a leading world diamond exporter, according to…
East Africa-focused exploration firm, Centric Energy, said it had completed an agreement to farm out to Tullow Oil Plc a 50 per cent interest in Centric’s Block 10BA in north-western Kenya. The deal brings to four the number of farm-in agreements that London-listed Tullow has closed this week after acquiring 50 per cent states in another two Kenyan blocks and…
27 January 2011 Real Madrid's new striker Emmanuel Adebayor, signed from Manchester City, Thursday rejected suggestions he has come to the club to replace the out-of-favour Karim Benzema. "I'm not here to compete with him (Benzema) or with anyone else. What I want is that all the Real players give their best," he told a news conference as he was…
28 January 2011 The circus for this years CAF Champions League gets underway this weekend across the continent and by May, the eight teams for the money-spinning group stage of Africas foremost club competition will emerge. Who will be the clubs to then jostle for the biggest prize in African club football? MTNFootball.com picks the most likely teams to challenge…
28 January 2011 Sundays Oyo derby between hosts Shooting Stars and Crown FC will be a grudge battle as neither is willing to give in to the rival. It will be a battle. I have been told that matches between the two clubs are always very keenly fought as Crown never want to acknowledge the superiority of Shooting Stars, 3SC…